Randy Orton shoulder injury to keep him out 4 - 6 months according to WWE

WWE tonight released the first concrete information on Randy Orton since he was missed house shows and the Raw before Hell in Cell without warning. That absence triggered a complete overhaul of the Kickoff match for that show, and seemingly left Dean Ambrose without a feud mate for the next few months.

After a couple of weeks filled with rumors about how The Viper sustained/aggravated the shoulder injury, WWE.com posted some news tonight - and it's not good.

"Randy has suffered from a dislocated shoulder. He's had chronic problems with his shoulder, and a recent MRI that was done found he has a Bankart lesion in his shoulder, some stretched ligaments and a partially torn rotator cuff," WWE physician Dr. Steve Daquino told WWE.com. "At this point it's a matter of when he dislocates the shoulder again, and not if. Surgery seems imminent, and recovery time for such a surgery would be four to six months."

They're keeping open the possibilty of using Bray Wyatt as the kayfabe reason for Orton's absence, which adds to a successful rebuilding of his aura for his current program with Undertaker.

So Randy may have an angle to return to...but it looks like probably won't be until after WrestleMania 32.